The cold winter weather has hit home for the first time and according to forecasters, the chilly conditions are here to stay in Greater Manchester.
The city region has woken up to ice and freezing temperatures for the past two mornings, with overnight temperatures falling to as low as -4C in parts.
The conditions have led to pre-Christmas, picture-postcard scenes, but the Met Office has issued an urgent weather warning over the Arctic freeze. Forecasters have put in place a yellow-coded weather warning for ice across Greater Manchester, covering all of the city region.
